Oliseh Snubs Crystal Palace Move

Liberia international striker Sekou Jabateh Oliseh has turned down a four year contract worth seven hundred and fifty pounds (about US$1,077,262) a year from English Premier League club Crystal Palace; and instead opted for a move to China. Oliseh who is currently in Thailand in preparation for the Chinese move, rejected the offer negotiated by his German agent for a US$1.5m move to the yet undisclosed Chinese Club.

According to a source close Oliseh’s Liberian agent, the move has irked both the German and Liberian agents who would have preferred the once coveted Liberian wonder boy plying his trade in the English big league. Sekou Jabateh Oliseh who sprung to prominence with CSKA Moscow has not featured for any top club since leaving Moscow. He was reported to have signed for Qatari club, Al-Gharafa after his five-year deal signed in 2010 with Russian Premiership side CSKA Moscow expired in June of 2015. He went on loan in 2014 to fellow Russian Premiership Outfit, Kuban Krasnodar from CSKA Moscow where he had fallen down the pecking order. Oliseh later moved to Kuban Krasnodar on loan from CSKA Moscow, and later to Greece top flight side PAOK Salonika.